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Claude Monet Art

Sailboat at Le Petit-Gennevilliers (1874)
© Claude Monet Monet, Claude Oscar (November 14, 1840, Paris - December 5, 1926, Giverny), French painter, is generally considered to be the most outstanding figure among Impressionists. The term Impressionism derives from his picture Impression: Sunrise. A title was needed in a hurry for the catalogue of the exhibition in 1874. Monet suggested simply Impression, and the catalogue editor, Renoir's brother Edouard, added an explanatory Sunrise. This had given the entire movement its name.

Monet took his paints and canvases into the field to paint directly from nature. He wanted to capture the momentary effects of color and light in his paintings. He created several series of paintings, in which he painted the same subject (a cathedral, haystacks, etc.) many times to capture the effects of sunlight and the seasons.

Monet loved to paint nature and landscapes, but also liked painting people in beautiful surroundings. He was using a short brush strokes, which often looked rather like spots of paint, not lines. Often, when you looked at his painting from a short distance you couldn't see what it was, but if you stepped away you could see a beautiful scene. This was a completely new way of painting that became the mark of Impressionism.

By the time he was in his 50s, Monet was a successful and prosperous artist. It was during this period that he produced numerous versions of his famous Waterlilies. He also produced series of paintings depicting the same scene, like Rouen Cathedral, at various times of day. His intention was to portray the different atmosphere engendered by the light at different times of day.

The artist's home in Giverny is a mecca for flower and art lovers. Flowers, color, and light are essential elements in interior decorating. Filled with the bright, clear colors of nature, this home is a must-see for anyone who loves art, flowers, color, or decorating. It is especially remarkable because the usual decorating of the day included heavy curtains, large velvet upholstered pieces, and dark, somber interiors.

"Everyone discusses my artwork and pretends to understand, when it is simply necessary to love." - Claude Monet.

"You must know I'm entirely absorbed in my work. These landscapes of water and reflections have become an obsession. It's quite beyond my powers at my age, and yet I want to succeed at expressing what I feel." - Claude Monet.

In his final years Monet was troubled by failing eyesight, but he painted until the end. He was enormously prolific and many major galleries have examples of his work. Through his life Monet painted about 2500 paintings.

He died December 5, 1926 and is buried in the Giverny church cemetery.

In 2004, London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun in the Fog (Le Parlement, Effet de Brouillard) (1904), sold for over $ 20,000,000.00.

The most notable pictures by Claude Monet have been carefully collected, selected and researched, and they are now available to you in one, easy to use, combined package, i.e. art pack. The pictures are designed to work as a desktop background (a wallpaper) on any computer with Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, 2000, 98, Me, NT, or 95. The 37.2 MB art pack includes 270 high-resolution art images for your computer. Get this high-quality product now to excite, inspire, and educate yourself!

Corner of a Studio, 1861
Still Life with Pheasant, 1861
Hunting Trophy, 1862
Farmyard in Normandy, 1863
Still Life with Bottle, Carafe, Bread and Wine, 1863
Hauling a Boat Ashore, Honfleur, 1864
Le Rue de La Bavolle at Honfleur, 1864
Lighthouse at the Hospice, 1864
Spring Flowers, 1864
The Coast at Sainte-Adresse, 1864
Woodbearers in Fontainebleau Forest, 1864
Le Pave de Chailly, 1865
Luncheon on the Grass, 1865
Luncheon on the Grass, Center Panel, 1865
Path in the Forest, 1865
The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau, 1865
The Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide, 1865
Victor Jacquemont Holding a Parasol, 1865
Camille (The Woman in a Green Dress), 1866
Camille with a Small Dog, 1866
Jar of Peaches, 1866
Jeanne-Marguerite Lecadre in the Garden, 1866
Sailboats, 1866
Sailing Boats at Honfleur, 1866
Seascape, Night Effect, 1866
The Green Wave, 1866
Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
Jean Monet in His Cradle, 1867
Quai du Louvre, 1867
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1867
Sainte-Adresse, Fishing Boats on the Shore, 1867
Still Life with Pears and Grapes, 1867
Stormy Seascape, 1867
Street in Saint-Adresse, 1867
Taking a Walk on the Cliffs of Sainte-Adresse, 1867
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
The Jetty of Le Havre in Rough Westher, 1867
Woman in the Garden, 1867
Women in the Garden, 1867
Madame Gaudibert, 1868
River Scene at Bennecourt, 1868
The Luncheon, 1868
The Sea at Saint-Adresse, 1868
An Interior after Dinner, 1869
Bathing at La Grenouillere, 1869
Fishing Boats at Sea, 1869
Flowers and Fruit, 1869
Rough Sea at Etretet, 1869
The Bridge at Bougival, 1869
The Dinner, 1869
The Magpie, 1869
Entrance to the Port of Trouville, 1870
Infantry Guards Wandering along the River, 1870
Road at Louveciennes, Melting Snow, Sunset, 1870
The Seine at Bougeval, Evening, 1870
Train in the Country, 1870
A Windmill at Zaandam, 1871
Camille Sitting on the Beach at Trouville, 1871
Canal in Zaandam, 1871
Hyde Park, London, 1871
Meditation, Madame Monet Sitting on a Sofa, 1871
On the Beach at Trouville, 1871
The Blue House at Zaandam, 1871
The Dike at Zaandam, Evening, 1871
The Port of London, 1871
The Zaan at Zaandam, 1871
Windmill at Zaandam, 1871
Windmill near Zaandam, 1871
Windmills at Haaldersbroek, Zaandam, 1871
Zaandam, 1871
Argenteuil Seen from the Small Arm of the Seine, 1872
Argenteuil, Late Afternoon, 1872
Argenteuil, Seen from the Small Arm of the Seine, 1872
Argenteuil, the Hospice, 1872
Boats at Rouen, 1872
Fog Effect, 1872
Jean Monet on His Horse Tricycle, 1872
Lilacs, Grey Weather, 1872
The Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1872
The Basin at Argenteuil, 1872
The Promenade at Argenteuil, 1872
The Railroad Station at Argenteuil, 1872
The Reader, 1872
The Robec Stream, Rouen, Factories at Deville, near Rouen, 1872
The Seine at Le Petit-Gennevilliers, 1872
The Tea Set, 1872
The Wooden Bridge, 1872
View of Rouen, 1872
Autumn on the Seine at Argenteuil, 1873
Boulevard des Capucines, 1873
Camille Monet at the Window, Argentuile, 1873
Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1873
Impression, Sunrise, 1873
Poppies at Argenteuil, 1873
Promenade Near Argenteuil, 1873
Ships in Harbor, 1873
The Beach, Camille Monet on a Garden Bench, 1873
The Garden at Argenteuil, The Dahlias, 1873
The Luncheon, 1873
The Port of Le Havre, Night Effect, 1873
The Red Kerchief, Portrait of Madame Monet, 1873
The Sheltered Path, 1873
Boaters at Argenteuil, 1874
Meadow at Bezons, 1874
Sailboat at Le Petit-Gennevilliers, 1874
Sailing at Argenteuil, 1874
Snow at Argenteuil, 1874
The Boats Regatta at Argenteuil, 1874
The Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874
The Bridge, Amsterdam, 1874
The Grand Quai at Havre, 1874
The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874
The Railway Bridge, Argenteuil, 1874
The Road Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874
The Seine at Argenteuil, 1874
The Studio Boat, 1874
The Windmill on the Onbekende Canal, Amsterdam, 1874
Argenteuil, 1875
Camille Embroidering, 1875
Camille Monet with a Child, 1875
Coal Dockers, 1875
Poppy Field, Argenteuil, 1875
Snow at Argenteuil, 1875
Spring, 1875
The Artist's Family in the Garden, 1875
The Riverbank at Le Petit-Gennevilliers, Sunset, 1875
The Riverbank at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1875
The Seine Below Rouen, 1875
The Seine at Argenteuil, 1875
The Walk, Woman with a Parasol, 1875
Train in the Snow, Argenteuil, 1875
Arrival at Saint-Lazare Station, 1876
Camille Monet in Japanese Costume, 1876
Camille Monet in the Garden at the House in Argenteuil, 1876
Hunting (The Shoot), 1876
Pond at Montgeron, 1876
The Ball Shaped Tree, Argenteuil, 1876
The Hoschedes' Garden at Montgeron, 1876
The Studio Boat, 1876
The Studio Boat in Red, 1876
The Tuleries, 1876
Turkeys, 1876
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877
Exterior View of the Saint-Lazare Station, 1877
Exterior of Saint-Lazare Station (The Signal), 1877
Exterior of the Saint-Lazare Station, Arrival of a Train, 1877
Saint-Lazare Station, the Western Region Goods Sheds, 1877
View at Rouelles Le Havre, 1877
Apple Trees near Vetheuil, 1878
Apple Trees on the Chantemesle Hill, 1878
At the Parc Monceau, 1878
Small Arm of the Seine at Mosseaux, 1878
The Banks of the Seine, 1878
The Rue Saint-Denis, 30th of June 1878, 1878
The Small Arm of the Seine at Mosseaux, Evening, 1878
Fruit Basket with Apples and Grapes, 1879
Still Life (Apples and Grapes), 1879
The Road in Vetheuil in Winter, 1879
Asters, 1880
Beach at Honfleux, 1880
Breakup of Ice, Grey Weather, 1880
Landscape at Vetheuil, 1880
Sunset, 1880
Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect, 1880
Sunset on the Seine in Winter, 1880
The Seine, 1880
Rough Sea, 1881
The Flood of the Seine at Vetheuil, 1881
The Sea at Fecamp, 1881
View Taken from Greinval, 1881
Anglers on the Seine at Poissy, 1882
Dieppe, 1882
Fishing Boats by the Beach and the Cliffs of Pourville, 1882
L'Ally Point, Low Tide, 1882
The Cakes, 1882
The Church at Varengaville, Grey Weather, 1882
The Church at Varengeville, 1882
The Church at Varengeville, against the Sunset, 1882
The Cliff at Dieppe, 1882
The Cliffs of Varengeville, Gust of Wind, 1882
The Rocks at Pourville, Low Tide, 1882
The Valley of the Scie at Pouville, 1882
Two Anglers, 1882
Boats on the Beach, 1883
Boats on the Beach at Etretat, 1883
By the River at Vernon, 1883
Luncheon under the Canopy, 1883
Peaches, 1883
A Palm Tree at Bordighera, 1884
Bordighera, Italy, 1884
Burgo Marina at Bordighera, 1884
Rowboat on the Seine at Jeufosse, 1884
Villas at Bordighera, 1884
Bennecourt, 1885
Houses at Falaise in the Fog, 1885
Les Roches at Falaise near Giverny, 1885
Road to Giverny in Winter, 1885
Still Life with Anemones, 1885
The Departure of the Boats, Etretat, 1885
The Val de Falaise, 1885
Belle-Ile, Rain Effect, 1886
Field of Tulips in Holland, 1886
Rocky Point at Port-Goulphar, 1886
Self Portrait with a Beret, 1886
Snow Effect at Falaise, 1886
Storm off the Belle-Ile Coast, 1886
The 'Pyramids' of Port Coton, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1886
The Lion Rock, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1886
Woman with a Parasol, Facing Right, 1886
In the Rowing Boat, 1887
Suzanne Reading and Blanche Painting by the Marsh at Giverny, 1887
The Stoller (Suzanne Hischede), 1887
Young Girls in a Row Boat, 1887
At Cap d'Antibes, Mistral Wind, 1888
The Seine near Giverny, 1888
Young Girl in the Garden at Giverny, 1888
Grainstacks at Giverny, 1889
The Mill at Vervy, 1889
Valley of the Creuse, Afternoon Sunlight, 1889
Valley of the Creuse, Evening Effect, 1889
Grainstacks, 1890
Grainstack, 1891
Poplars, 1891
Poplars, Wind Effect, 1891
View of Rouen from the Cote Sainte-Catherine, 1892
Church at Jeufosse, Snowy Weather, 1893
Haystacks at Giverny, 1895
Houses in the Snow, 1895
Norwegian Landscape, Sandviken, 1895
Arm of the Seine near Giverny, 1896
Morning on the Seine in the Rain, 1898
Water-Lilies, 1899
Waterloo Bridge, Overcast Weather, 1900
Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight in the Fog, 1900
Charing Cross Bridge, 1901
Charing Cross Bridge, Fog on the Themes, 1901
Charring Cross Bridge, The Thames, 1901
Houses of Parliament, Effect of Sunlight in the Fog, 1901
Houses of Parliament, Stormy Sky, 1901
Houses of Parliament, Sunlight Effect, 1901
Houses of Parliament, Sunset, 1901
Houses of Parliament, Sunset (Detail), 1901
Leicester Square at Night, 1901
Vetheuil, Pink Effect, 1901
Waterloo Bridge, 1901
Waterloo Bridge, Misty Morning, 1901
Waterloo Bridge, Overcast Weather, 1901
A Road in the Garden, 1902
Houses of Parliament in London, 1904
Water-Lilies, 1904
Palazzo Dario, 1908
San Giorgio Maggiore, 1908
The Grand Canal, 1908
Twilight, Venice, 1908
Agapanathus, 1917
Hamerocallis, 1917
Irises, 1917
The Path through the Irises, 1917
Water-Lilies, 1917
Water-Lilies (Blue), 1917
Water-Lilies (Yellow), 1917
Water-Lilies and Agapanthus, 1917
Water-Lilies, 1919
Water-Lilies (Blue), 1919
Water-Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows (Left), 1919
Water-Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows (Right), 1919
Weeping Willow, 1919
Wisteria, 1919
The Artist's House Seen from the Rose Garden, 1924
The Japanese Bridge at Giverny, 1924

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Spring Flowers (1864)
© Claude Monet Sailboats (1866)
© Claude Monet Stormy Seascape (1867)
© Claude Monet Bathing at La Grenouillere (1869)
© Claude Monet Entrance to the Port of Trouville (1870)
© Claude Monet A Windmill at Zaandam (1871)
© Claude Monet The Blue House at Zaandam (1871)
© Claude Monet Windmills at Haaldersbroek, Zaandam (1871)
© Claude Monet Jean Monet on His Horse Tricycle (1872)
© Claude Monet The Robec Stream, Rouen, Factories at Deville, near Rouen (1872)
© Claude Monet View of Rouen (1872)
© Claude Monet The Luncheon (1873)
© Claude Monet Sailing at Argenteuil (1874)
© Claude Monet The Studio Boat (1874)
© Claude Monet Snow at Argenteuil (1875)
© Claude Monet The Hoschedes' Garden at Montgeron (1876)
© Claude Monet Exterior of Saint-Lazare Station (The Signal) (1877)
© Claude Monet Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect (1880)
© Claude Monet The Cliffs of Varengeville, Gust of Wind (1882)
© Claude Monet Bordighera, Italy (1884)
© Claude Monet Storm off the Belle-Ile Coast (1886)
© Claude Monet View of Rouen from the Cote Sainte-Catherine (1892)
© Claude Monet Houses of Parliament, Sunset (1901)
© Claude Monet